Hammer.



W. F. CHARLEY.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. 1914.

Patented May 9,1916.

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WALTER F. CHARLEY, 0F CLIMAX, OREGON.

HAMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed July 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,513.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER F. CHARLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Climax, in the county of Jackson, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hammers and particularly to those including means for drawing nails.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a hammer embodying improved means for drawing nails which will enable such withdrawal to be accomplished with greater ease and with less liability of bending the nail during the operation of extraction. I

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement andcombination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer head constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of what is shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view lookin at the end of the poll of the hammer hea and Fig. 4:, a view looking at the outer end of the hammer head.

Referring to the drawings the head proper is indicated at 10 and is shown provided with the usual eye 11 for receiving a handle. A poll 12 is formed integral with the head 10 and projects laterally therefrom. The head 10 is provided with a forward and lateral enlargement 13 having a curved outer edge 14;. The ends of the enlargement 13 terminate respectively in claw fingers 15 and 16. The fingers 15 are formed by bifurcating the lateral portion of the enlargement '13 While the claw fingers 16 are formed by recessing the forward portion of the enlargement 13 as at 17, said recess 17 being of such depth that the inner or rear wall thereof is substantially in registration with the outer side of the poll 12. The width of the recess 17 at a point inward from the outer ends of the fingers 16 is enlarged as at 18.

In the use of the hammer for the purpose of drawing a nail the fingers 16 are engaged around the nail to be drawn and the head rocked upon the edge 14, thus exerting a powerful leverage to start the nail. As the rocking of the head is continued the nail will be entirely extracted and during this operation the stem of the nail will be moved in the recess 17 and will not be subjected to any lateral strain with the result that bending of the nail is obviated.

hat is claimed is A hammer having an eye for the reception of a handle, a poll and claw extending laterally from the head in opposite directions respectively, a forward enlargement on the head, claws formed integral with the enlargement and extending in the same direction as the poll and in spaced relation to the latter, the outer faces of the claw, en-

largement and claws on the enlargement being disposed in a continuous curve and said enlargement being provided with a longitudinal recess opening into the space between the claws on the enlargement and having its inner wall throughout substantially in registration with the outer side of the poll.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER F. GHARLE Y.

Witnesses:

J. V. MoINrYnn, WVILLIAM OMRDAL NELLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

